Right tree, right place, right reason: developing a sustainable urban forest

城市森林是人们生活中不可或缺的一部分，提供了至关重要的环境和社会文化利益。城市环境中的树木分布在绿色和灰色空间的拼凑中，从单个花园、行道树到林地都有规模的管理。所有与构成城市森林的树木互动的个人、社区、私营部门、第三部门组织和公共机构都是其利益相关者。因此，当管理决策存在相互竞争的目标和驱动因素时，由任何利益相关者或为任何利益相关者进行管理都是具有挑战性的。这些多个利益攸关方之间的知识交流对于探索可持续维护和加强城市森林的挑战和机会至关重要。这一研究金将促进城市森林利益攸关方之间的知识共享，提供一条途径，更好地了解管理者面临的挑战，分享最佳做法，并确定需要弥补的最紧迫的知识差距，以实现可持续的城市森林管理。主要的城市森林利益攸关方已承诺参与公共部门、第三部门、社区、研究组织和学术界在此奖学金中提出的知识经济(见支持函)。该奖学金分为四个工作包(WP)，旨在为当前和未来的城市社区提供关键的KE和对维护或增强可持续城市森林的挑战和机遇的影响。在WP1中，我将对可持续城市森林管理的挑战和机遇进行快速回顾。这将为与利益攸关方举行的知识发现日提供信息，以讨论和发展他们在可持续城市森林管理方面所面临的主要挑战和机遇。这些讨论的目的是围绕四个主题，这四个主题将成为研究金期间举办的四个专题讲习班的重点(例如，城市树种的气候适应能力)。随后的专题讲习班将侧重于每个具体专题，查明最佳做法、分享知识、讨论挑战和查明知识差距。每次讲习班结束后，利益攸关方将与相关学者共同设计一个试验性研究项目，以解决这些关键知识差距之一(由谢菲尔德大学资助的试验性项目--见支持函)。在WP2，我将与谢菲尔德市议会合作，设计和运行一个公民科学项目，目的是了解当地种子收获和直接种植作为可持续林地创造工具的潜力。它还将使当地社区与城市森林融为一体。市民科学家还将参与对种植的种子进行监测。在WP3中，我将使用在线参与式地图绘制方法，使当地社区能够绘制出城市树木应该种植在哪里以及树种的偏好。树种选择将在知识发现日(WP1)期间与利益攸关方确定。这将被用来通知谢菲尔德市议会林地创造和行道树战略。在WP4中，我将与相关利益攸关方共同开发开放获取资源，以向城市森林中更广泛的利益攸关方提供信息并与其分享知识。每个资源的最终格式将在KE联谊会期间与利益攸关方确定，例如，编写如何指南、视频资源、种植指南。我将与利益攸关方一起主持一次反馈和地平线扫描活动，以评估奖学金的影响，并地平线扫描可持续城市森林未来面临的挑战。提供可持续的城市森林对于健康和有弹性的城市环境至关重要。在这一奖学金中计划的KE，与多个利益相关者聚集在一起，将在奖学金期间提供社会和环境效益。

The urban forest is integral to the lives of people providing critical environmental and socio-cultural benefits. Trees within the urban environment exist across a patchwork of green and greyspaces managed at scales from individual gardens, street trees up to woodlands. All individuals, communities, private sector, third sector organisations and public bodies who interact with the trees that make up the urban forest are its stakeholders. Thus, management by, or for, any stakeholder is challenging when there are competing goals and drivers for management decisions. Knowledge exchange (KE) between these multiple stakeholders is crucial to explore the challenges to and opportunities for sustainable maintenance and enhancement of the urban forest. This fellowship will facilitate KE between the stakeholders in the urban forest to provide a pathway to better understand the challenges faced by managers, share best practice, and identify the most pressing knowledge gaps that need addressing to enable sustainable urban forest management. Key urban forest stakeholders have committed to take part in the KE proposed in this fellowship from the public sector, the third sector, the community, research organisations, and academia (see letters of support). This fellowship is organised into four work packages (WP) and is designed to deliver crucial KE and impact on the challenges and opportunities to maintenance or enhancement of a sustainable urban forest for current and future urban communities.In WP1 I will conduct a rapid review of the challenges and opportunities for sustainable urban forest management. This will inform a Knowledge Discover Day held with stakeholders to discuss and develop the key challenges and opportunities they are experiencing in sustainable urban forest management. The aim of these discussions will be to coalesce around four themes that will be the focus of four thematic workshops held during the fellowship (e.g. climate resilience of urban tree species). The subsequent thematic workshops will focus on each specific topic, identifying best practice, sharing knowledge discussing challenges and identifying knowledge-gaps. After each workshop stakeholders will co-design a pilot research project with relevant academics to address one of these key knowledge gaps (pilot projects funded by University of Sheffield - see letter of support). In WP2 I will partner with Sheffield City Council to design and run a citizen science project with the aim of understanding the potential for local seed harvest and direct planting as a tool for sustainable woodland creation. It will also engage the local community with the urban forest. The citizen scientists will also participate in monitoring of the planted seeds. In WP3 I will use an online participatory mapping approach to enable local communities in to map out preferences for where urban trees should be planted and what tree species. The tree species selection will be identified with stakeholders during the Knowledge Discovery Day (WP1). This will be used to inform Sheffield City Councils woodland creation and Street Tree Strategies. In WP4 I will co-develop open access resources with relevant stakeholders to inform and share knowledge with the wider stakeholders in the urban forest. The final format of each resource will be determined with the stakeholders during the KE fellowship, for example, written how to guides, video resources, planting guidance. I will host a feedback and horizon scanning event with the stakeholders to assess the impact of the fellowship and to horizon scan the future challenges to a sustainable urban forest. The provision of a sustainable urban forest is critical to a healthy and resilient urban environment. The KE planned in this fellowship, with the multiple stakeholders assembled, will deliver societal and environmental benefit during the fellowship.